Thursday, July 17, 2008

shakespeare assignment 12, 13

Choose a play, any Shakespeare play. Research and find one you wouldn't mind working with for the next week. This MUST be done by Monday. Extra Credit to those who email their play and post the following to their blog before Monday:

"Coming Soon: '' A midsummer night's dream'' (partner lily)

Play Final Project Activity 12, 13

Animaniacs on A Midsummer Night's Dream

"Coming Soon: The Midsummer Night's Dream [partner Mia]

Characters:
Puck-Oberon’s jester
Oberon-King of the fairies
Titania-Queen of fairies
Ly sander-a Athen young man who is in love with Hermia
Demetrius-a Athen young man who initially in love with Hermia
Hermia-in love with Lysander
Helena-in love with Demetrius
Egeus-Hermia’s father
Theseus –Duke of Athen, engaged to Hippolyta
Hippolyta-Queen of Amazons, engaged with to Theseus
Peter Quince-Craftsmen’s attempt to put on a play
Nick Bottom-play write, in love with Titania , and turned into a donkey
Francis Flute-bellows-mender chosen to play Thisbe in the craftsmen’s play
Robin Starveling
Tom Snout
Snug
Philostrate
Peaseblossom, Coweb, Mote, and Mustardseed


Plot:
Theseus Duke of Athens was going to marry Hippolyta
Hermia’s father, Egeus, begged Theseus to force Hermia marry Demetrius.
She denied and hope to marry Lysander.So they ran away to the forest.
Helena is hurt by the marriage
Helena told Demetrius about Hermia and Lysander running away.
Lysander went to the forest and Helena followed.
Bottom was assigned in the play and will meet in the forest with other actors.
Oberon, king of the faires saw Helena being rejected by Demetrius, so he decided to help her by making Demetrius fall in love in first sight
Puck was ask to put the purple cupid flowers’ juice into a Athen man (Demetrius), but he made a mistake
Oberon, king of the fairies made a plan to put purple cupid flower juice in her eye. When ever she wakes up she will fall in love with the first ugly creature she sees.
Puck turn Bottom’s head into a donkey
Oberon gets mad because of pucks mistake and reverses the spell on Demetrius so everyone has the love they wanted
Then Oberon gets jealous and reverses the spell on Titania and they go back to loving each other
Everyone is returned to Athens Demetrius gets married to Helena. Lysander gets married to Hermia and the duke is now married to Hippolya.
The show of bottom goes on in to play the entertainment to the duke and everyone
The play ends happily

Plot Keywords:
Unsatisfied love
Lover
Transformation [Morphing]
Magic
Obsession
Fairies
Love spells
Love Triangle
Confusion
Hatred
Mistaken
Prank
Fate
Jealousy

Quotes:
-“The course of true love never did run smooth”(Act 1 Scene 1)

-“The Lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact” (Act 5 Scene 1)

-“So, I will grow, so live, so die, by lord ere I will my virgin patent up unto his lordship, whose unwished yoke my soul consents not to give sovereignty”(Act 1 Scene 1)

-" More wittnesseth than fancy's images, then it grows into something of great constancy, but, howsoever, strange and admirable" (Act 5 Scence1)

-"Hippolyta, I wooed thee with my sword and won thy love doing thee injuries, But I will wed thee in another key. With pomp, with triunph, and with reveling." (Act 1 Scene 1)

-"Come, it thee down upn this flowery bed while I thy amiable cheeks do coy, and stick musk roses in thy sleek, smooth head, and kiss thy fair large ears, my gentle joy". ( Act 4 Scene 1)

-" I wonder if Titiania be awaked then, what is was that next came in her eye, which she must dote on in extremity" (Act 3 Scene 2)

-"My friends, I've git sine amazing things to tell you-but don't ask me to tell what. I swear by my Athenian citizenship that I won't tell you anything. I'll tell you everything exactly as it happened."(Act4 Scene 2)


Themes:
Don’t force someone’s love too much
Good things will come for those who wait patiently
Specific is important in life
Wife and Husband must share their desires
Must take responsiblities





1 Comments:

At July 21, 2008 at 1:36 PM , Blogger Phongalong said...

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